Monument record MDO42645 - Second World War trench west of Moonfleet Cottages, Fleet

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Summary

The Pillbox Study Group note that a short length of what appears to be zig-zag close-defence trench can be seen along the low cliff frontage west of Moonfleet Cottages on Royal Air Force vertical photographs dated November 1946.

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The trench cannot be seen on more recent aerial photographs, and is presumed to have been infilled, or lost to cliff-front erosion.


Royal Air Force, 04-NOV-1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4468-69 (Aerial Photograph). SWX2345.

Thompson, S, 2020, Pillbox Study Group: Defence of Britain Project sites not in the Dorset Historic Environment Record, e41754 (Unpublished document). SDO16685.

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  • --- Unpublished document: Thompson, S. 2020. Pillbox Study Group: Defence of Britain Project sites not in the Dorset Historic Environment Record. e41754.
  • --- Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 04-NOV-1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1821 4468-69.

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Grid reference SY 61590 80580 (point)
Map sheet SY68SW
Civil Parish Fleet; Dorset
Unitary Authority Dorset

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Record last edited

Jan 13 2025 4:24PM

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